How Much Better Are the Most-Prestigious Journals? The Statistics of Academic Publication

By William H. Starbuck. Organ. Sci., 2005

409 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Accounting, Statistics and Probability, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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In Accounting

1. Peter Moizer
2. Amy J. Hillman
3. C. C. Miller
4. Jerome K. Vanclay
5. Frank Wijen
6. S. Rynes
7. Steven R. Williams
8. Bradley L Kirkman

In Statistics and Probability

1. Peter Moizer
2. Jerome K. Vanclay
3. A. Townsend Peterson
4. Frank Wijen
5. Steven R. Williams
6. Bradley L Kirkman
7. Debra L. Shapiro
8. Keith R. Leatham

In Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

1. Peter Moizer
2. Jerome K. Vanclay
3. Frank Wijen
4. Steven R. Williams
5. Keith R. Leatham

Citations in the corpus

• Replacing “parachute science” with “global science” in ecology and conservation biology (2021, background): “…evaluate research by journals with a heavy bias to those of commercial firms (Abbott et al., 2010), and based on the largely discredited “impact” factors (Simmons, 2008; Starbuck, 2005), this situation might require changes in internal policies of such institutions in developing-world countries.”
• Journal Quality in Mathematics Education (2017, background): “Decisions about tenure and promotion are also based in part on the quality of the journals in which a candidate’s research appears (Kokko & Sutherland, 1999; Starbuck, 2005).”
• Impact factor: outdated artefact or stepping-stone to journal certification? (2011, background): “Intrinsic and deliberate errors are transferred to other decisions (Monastersky 2005; Starbuck 2005; Todd and Ladle 2008).”
• Publishing in accounting journals: A fair game? (2009, background): “A similar point has been made by Starbuck (2005) who notes that deans of US business schools announced new criteria for tenure and promotion that placed extreme emphasis on publications in so-called A journals.”
• PEER REVIEW IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES: PREVALENCE AND EFFECTS OF REVIEWER HOSTILITY, BIAS, AND DISSENSUS (2006, background): “Starbuck (2005) assessed the implications of living in such a world.”
• The As-Is Journal Review Process: Let Authors Own Their Ideas. (2007, neutral): “Management educators have recently revived their interest in reflecting on the review process (e.g., Bedeian, 2003, 2004; Miner, 2003; Starbuck, 2003, 2005 ).”
• Means versus Ends in Opaque Institutional Fields: Trading off Compliance and Achievement in Sustainability Standard Adoption (2014, background): “And do frequently cited articles published in top-ranked academic journals reveal more rigorous and relevant research (Baum, 2011; Starbuck, 2005; Gans & Shepherd, 1994)?”